Community Connections
In 2013, Bronson Healthcare announced a partnership with Kalamazoo Valley Community College (KVCC) and Kalamazoo Community Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services to remediate a blighted, former superfund site and create a 14-acre campus. Completed in 2016, the Bronson Healthy Living Campus is a…
The Diabetes Medical Home Extender Program offers home-based services by community health workers (CHWs) and a registered nurse to high-risk diabetic patients.
Worcester, MA
December 2017
Overview
Launched in 2000, the UMass Memorial Ronald McDonald® Care Mobile provides onsite medical and dental services to children, families and individuals at 11 low-income neighborhoods, serving as an entry point into the health care system. The Care Mobile…
DeKalb, IL
September 2017
In April 2014, HSHS St. Anthony’s Memorial Hospital partnered with Effingham Catholic Charities to create a Dental Voucher Program for adults 18 years and older who are underinsured or uninsured and in need of an emergency tooth extraction.
After HSHS St. Anthony’s Memorial Hospital conducted the 2015 community health needs assessment, one of the top priorities identified was addressing the chronic disease of diabetes.
The annual Point In Time surveys in Connecticut show that New Haven has the highest concentration of both individuals and families experiencing homelessness in the state. The paradigm shift from sheltering to re-homing people is becoming the norm, and Yale New Haven is working hard with a continuum…
The AHA, along with Baxter International Foundation and the Health Research & Educational Trust, is accepting applications through April 6 for the 2018 Foster G. McGaw Prize.
New Haven, CT
November 2017
Overview
As the leading health care organization in Greater New Haven, Yale New Haven Hospital (YNHH) demonstrates its longtime commitment to families—especially mothers and children—by providing a variety of wide-ranging programs. Working within our diverse urban…
The Joan C Dauber Food Bank originated in 1976 as an effort to help meet the food needs and alleviate poverty in the Hartford community.